Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Embedded Web Font Handling Buffer Overflow (CVE-2006-0010)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-121
Date Published:	16 Apr 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 16 April, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-0010
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is due to a failure to correctly validate specified allocation size values in the Embedded Web Font (EOT) handling component. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by persuading a user to access a web page containing a crafted embedded web font. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Embedded Web Font Handling Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows embedded web font handling buffer overflow